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Carl Wernicke · Comprehension aphasia and the language network idea.

Reviewed 2026-08·Sources & research·Methodology·Media credits

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  1. The aphasia symptom-complexWernicke C · 1874 · Cohn & Weigert
  2. Wernicke's area revisited: parallel streams and word processingBinder JR · 2015 · Brain and LanguageDOI

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